Senior Lecturer
Dr Angelica Ly
- Fellow, American Academy of Optometry, 2017
- Doctor of philosophy (Vision Science), UNSW Sydney, Thesis title: Multimodal imaging in age-related macular degeneration, 2018
- Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics, UNSW Sydney, 2014
- Bachelor of Optometry (Honours class 1), UNSW Sydney, 2008
Medicine & Health
School of Optometry and Vision Science
Angelica is an alumnus of UNSW and was awarded her PhD thesis on the Multimodal evaluation of macular structure and function in age-related macular degeneration at the Centre for Eye Health (2018). She was Lead Clinician (Macula) and Integrated Care Co-ordinator at the Centre for Eye Health from 2019 to 2021 and most recently joined the Brien Holden Vision Institute as Principal Research Optometrist (2021-2022).
In the four years since her PhD, she has published 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has secured more than $500K in research funding. She presents regularly at national and international conferences, and has also been engaged in teaching in the School of Optometry and Vision Science, contributing to a range of courses including Advanced Ocular Disease 1, Disease Processes of the Eye 2 and Therapeutics and the Posterior Eye, clinical placements for Clinical Ocular Therapy 5A/5B, final year research projects and HDR supervision.
Phone
61-2-9065 0720
E-mail
Location
Room 3.059, Level 3
Rupert Myers Building (north wing)
Gate 14 Barker St
UNSW Sydney
- Publications
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- Optometry NSW/ACT International Women's Day Nominee, 2020
- Australian government Research training program scholarship, 2017
- Guide Dogs NSW/ACT Scholarship for postgraduate studies, 2014 - 2017
- Australian government Postgraduate Award, 2014 - 2016
My research activities are focused on age-related macular degeneration and other retinal diseases in the areas of:
- Advanced retinal image analysis
- Patient outcomes and health care delivery
- Clinical decision support systems
My current research projects and opportunities are entitled:
- Clinical decision support for improving outcomes in macular disease via multimodal support (COMMS)
- Attitudes and barriers to care in AMD (The ABCs of AMD)
- Social determinants of preventable vision loss
A listing of my previous publications can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Angelica+Ly